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Heartbreaker amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Led Zeppelin guitar tone for “Heartbreaker”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s. Studio version, Led Zeppelin II (1969) — main opening riff

Original rig

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard into cranked Marshall Super Lead 100W with natural room ambience

Raw, biting, mid-forward vintage British crunch with open high-mid punch

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELCrunch amp typeBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII Crunch mode captures the touch-sensitive breakup of Page's cranked Marshall without needing external pedals. Mids and treble are pushed to recreate the bright, aggressive attack of the Burst humbucker through a vintage 4x12 cab. Keep your Boss DS-1 bypassed, as the amp's internal preamp voicing delivers authentic Plexi-style power-section crunch.

PRO TIPPick aggressively near the bridge with a medium-heavy pick to replicate Jimmy Page's percussive attack and upper-mid string snap on the opening riff.

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